Combination tool



s. PETERS COMBINATION TOOL May 15, 1928.

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COMBINATION roon' Application filed February 3, 1927. serial No. 165,631;

My inventionrelates to tools having separa- ,ble members which are selectively adjustable in different positions so as to form alternatively a plurality of different ,tools for I various purposes.

the invention to utilize in a single tool and in a convenient and advantageous manner the elements of a-pluralityof different tools designed for cognate or commonly associated.

wrench available as a measuring rule, and in general to attain all the advantages which are hereinafter described. To accomplish these objects I incorporate in my improved combination tool, as parts thereof, a tubular casing, a tubular handle, a pair of co-a'cting jaws, a screwdriver blade, and means for uniting these elements in different positions of mutual adjustment.

, In said drawings, illustrating the best mannerin which I have contemplated applying the principles of the invention, Fig. l is a plan view of a wrench which is con structed in accordance with these principles, together with a saw blade and a clamp, which are removably attached thereto; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section on the section line 2-2 in Fig; 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional plan of a portion of Fig. l, with parts removed and with the aws adjusted in alternative positions; Figs. 4 and 5 are perspec tive details respectively of two separable parts of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a plan of parts of Fig. 1 united to form a screw-driver; Fig. 7 is a like view of the same parts united to form a square; Fig. 8 is a similar view of all parts of Fig. 1 united as a hacksaw; and Fig. 9 is a detailed sectional plan of a portion of Fig. 8 with parts removed to show internal arrangement and construction.

In the illustrated specimen of my invention, the casing 1 is in general straight, tubular, rectangular, and of uniform cross-section. It has, extending through one end of it, a pair of removable pivot pins or screws 2; and near the same end an external pivot 5. Through its upper face it has a pinhole 6, as well as a larger and angular hole 7,

It is the main objectfof whichv communicates with its hollow interior." i

The alligator wrench jaws 8 and 9Ihavj el pivot holes o and 41 through their rearward ends, and are thereby pivoted in the-casing on the removable screw pivots 2. "Wl 1en Worn or broken, they may be removed, and

new jaws may be substituted for them on the same pivots. They have .also onthein rearward ends the cogsor teeth'-10,'l-11,.12,,

and 13, which are best shown'in Fig, 9.

The handle 14: is in general straight, I tubular and rectangular, like the casing 1. It has the same external width andthickness T as does this casing, and a similar cross-sec tional area internally; Its forward end is; perforated transversely by the hole or socket 15,- and itsrearward end is closed.

' The screwdriver blade 16' has the-general form ofa straight flat bar., It has the chisel-shaped ends 17 and 18, of unequal size 7 or sharpness, and carries on one side'jthe Y markings ofa graduated scale 19. Midway of its width it is puncturedin the direction of its thickness by a plurality of spaced pinholes 26 -and 39 for the accommodation'of the stop pins 25 and 27, which are herein after mentioned.

The means that I employ for adjusting and uniting the several parts of the tool in the alternative positions shown, include the metallic block, orplug, which isshownfseparately in Fig. 5, consisting of a'rectangular is adapted to be inserted through the opening 7 into the close-fitting interior ofthe casing in the alternative positions shown, and there engages the terminal cogs of the jawsS and 9 in the alternative positions indicated in Figs. 3 and 9. In each of these positions, as may be desired,

the'block is fastened immovably by manipulation of the spring latch. 23, which is movable edgewise on its pivot 5, has atapering recess24to hug the neck 22, and is provided. with a stop plug or pin 25 elastically predisposed to enter and stay in the pinhole 6 when 'alined therewith.

To fasten the blade 16 in the close fitting,

7' dis carri'ed by, a flat spring 28 which is adjustably pivoted to the handle on a pin 29.

When fastened in the handle 14 and the cas ing 1, as in Fig. 2, thislblade reinforces and unites them.

The additional means that I employ for I Y adjusting and uniting the parts ofthe hacksaw shown in Fig. 8, consist mainly of the clamp which is shown separately in Fig. 4. This clamp comprises the internally rectangular frame or collarBO, andthe clamping screw 31, which is rotatable in the collar by means of they finger-piece 32. Thiscollar is" slidin'gly adjustable on the handle 14, as shown 'in-Figs. 1,. 2,"and 8.: Itisprovided -with transversely projecting terminal lugs 33, 33, and 3el, for engagement with either -end of the saw blade; while thejaw 8 is provided with similar lugs 35 and 36 for engagement with the other end of this blade;

and such'engagements are effected at pleasure by placing one of the collar'lugs and the correspondingjaw'lug in the pinholes 37 and 38 respectively, which "perforate-the opposite ends of the saw blade 40, and by turninginward the'clamp screw 31, as shown in Fig.

'8. The clamp thus places the saw blade tension; and the saw, when so united, has for handles the parts 9 and 14. i

I claim as my invention 1' j 1. A combination tool comprising a tubular casing having wrench jaws, a tubular handle separable from the casing, a separable blade ad ustable in these tubular members, means 111(5l11CllI1g'fl spmnganounted pin .2. A combination tool comprising a-tubutubular handle separable from the casing, a

separable blade adjustable in these tubular members, means including an adjustable block for holding the pivoted-jaws 'in-di'fferent positions of adjustment, (means -'ineluding a spring-mounted pin for uniting the blade with the casing, and like mea'n s rigidly uniting the bladewiththe handle in dilferent positions.

Witness my signature at Omaha, Nebraska, July'29, 1926. i

' STEPHEN ETERsJ f 

